Container-insertable anti-theft device

Details Container-insertable anti-theft device Container-insertable anti-theft device

2009-04-25

2011-11-01

Tweel, Jr., John A (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Condition responsive indicating system

Specific condition

C340S572100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08049628

ABSTRACT:
A container-insertable anti-theft device includes: a main housing containing an electronic article surveillance marker, the main housing being waterproof; and at least one elongated protrusion extending from the main housing, the elongated protrusion being flexible and having a length equal to at least the longest dimension of the main housing. There is also an anti-theft system that includes: (a) a container for strong flowable material having a hollow main body, a pour orifice and a closure for the pour orifice, the container having a maximum internal diagonal dimension x; and (b) a container-insertable anti-theft device that includes: a main housing containing an electronic article surveillance marker, the main housing being waterproof and having a predetermined length y; and, at least one elongated protrusion, the elongated protrusion being flexible and having a length, wherein the sum of the lengths y and y are greater than x, such that the container-insertable anti-theft device may be flexed and force-fitted into a maximum internal diagonal of the container, locking it therein so as to deter easy removal therefrom.

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